Women and Smoking

Description # Smoking is an addiction. Tobacco smoke contains nicotine, a drug that is addictive and can make it very hard, but not impossib...

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Vaginal Infection

Description # Vaginitis is an inflammatory condition of the vagina. It is the most common problem found in women of all ages. It causes dist...

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Uterine Fibroids

Description # Uterine fibroids are benign smooth muscle tumors known as leiomyoma. # About 20% of women develop uterine fibroids by age 40. ...

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Uterine Atony

Also known as The failure of the uterus to contract maximally after the delivery of the baby and placenta, resulting in heavy uterine bleedi...

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Uterine Anomalies

Description Uterine anomalies occur in 0.1 to 0.5% of women, depending on the population. Uterine anomalies that are large enough to decreas...

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Urinary Incontinence

Description Urinary incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine, sufficient enough to cause a social or cleanliness problem. By age 65, 1 ...

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Secondary Dysmenorrhea

Also known as # Secondary dysmenorrhea is also known as painful or difficult menstruation. Description # Secondary dysmenorrhea is related t...

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Primary Amenorrhea

Description Amenorrhea means a woman is not menstruating. A female who has not had her first period by age 16 has primary amenorrhea. This s...

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Painful Menstruation

Description Dysmenorrhea, or painful menstruation, is experienced by approximately 50% of woman; it is severe or disabling in 10%, causing a...

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Ovarian Cancer

Description There are many types of ovarian cancer, and cure and treatment success depends on how early ovarian cancer is detected. Ninety-f...

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Osteoporosis

Description # Osteoporosis is a disease of progressive bone loss associated with an increased risk of fractures. It literally means 'por...

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Menstruation

Description # Menstruation is the periodic discharge of blood, mucus, and tissue from the uterus due to the change of the uterine lining (en...

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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Also known as # Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), also called Stein-Leventhal syndrome, polycystic ovarian disease, or hyperandrogenic chron...

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Genital Fistula

Description Genital fistula is a condition in which the genital tract and the urinary and intestinal tract become connected (usually in the ...

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Description # Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a pattern of mental and physical defects that develop in some unborn babies when the mother dr...

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Female Urinary Tract Infection

Description # The urinary tract can be infected from above (by bacteria entering the kidneys from the bloodstream and traveling downward) or...

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Female Sexual Dysfunction

Description The following is a discussion of the physical aspects of female sexual dysfunction, and some of the possible remedies and aids. ...

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Female Reproductive System

Description # The female reproductive organs consist of the vagina, cervix, the uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tubes. The uterus is a pear-s...

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Female Infertility

Description Infertility is defined as the inability to become pregnant after trying for 1 year with the same person without using contracept...

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Female Gonorrhea

Description Gonorrhea is a curable disease, primarily spread by sexual contact. Gonorrhea is a major cause of pelvic inflammatory disease (P...

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